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00m OPERATED LOCK FOR VEHICLE WHEELS. No. '60 5,749.

Patented June'14, 1898.

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ERIOH SCHMIDT AND ADOLPH FREDERICK SCHNEIDER, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

COIN-OPERATED LOOK FOR VEHICLE-WHEELS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 605,749, dated June 14, 1898. Application filed April 12, 1897. Serial No- 631,7l9. (No model.) I

'To all whom it may concern: side of the box A in any suitable or approved Be it known that we, Enron SCHMIDT and manner. ADOLPH FREDERICK Sonnnronrapf NewYork' Within the box A a coin-chute 12 is located, city, in the county and State of .New York, the coin being introduced into the chute 5 have invented a new and Improved Coin-Opthrough the medium of a slot 12. The coinerated Lock for Vehicle-Wheels, of which the chute at its inner side or face is provided with followingisafull,clear, and exactdescription. a vertical slot 13 at its bottom portion, and The object of our invention is to provide a' the said coin-chute is open at the top and at device wherebyavehicle-wheelrnay be locked the bottom, and the side in which the open- 1o toapredetermined supportand, furthermore, ing 13 is produced is inclined from the top to so construct the device thatakey-operated downward in direction of a side of the box. lock will be employed in connection with a An arm 14 is pivoted in the opening 13, the gate, the key of the: lock being capable of arm being of angular construction, compriswithdrawal from the'lock only after the bolt ing a weighted head 15 and a foot 16, the 15 of said lock is in looking engagement with the weighted head normally forcing the foot in said gate. direction of the side of the casing to which Another object of the invention is to pro the chute is attached. Aplunger-slide 17 has vide a means whereby when the. gate is freed vertical movement in the casing, preferably from the bolt of the lock the key cannot be between the outer wall 19 of the coin-chute 7o 20 withdrawn from said lock and"whereby,furand a fixed block 18, secured to the casing, as

ther, the bolt of the lock cannot be carried to shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the said block at its locking engagement with the gate until a coin lower end being provided with 'a vertical slot of a predetermined value has been placed in 21, enabling the foot 16' of the arm 14 to enthe device. gage with the side face of-the casing. A 2 5 The invention consists 'in the novel conspring 22 is secured to the outer wall 19 of the struction and combination 7 of the several coin-chute near its top and to a pin secured parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, upon the lower portion of the plunger-slide and pointed out in the claims. 17 above the central portion of a segmental Reference is to be had to the accompanying recess 13 which ismade in the lower portion o drawings, formingapart of this specification, of the slide and connects with a vertical slot in which similar characters of reference indi- 13". The open top of the coin-chute 12 is secate corresponding parts in all the figuresi cured to the top of the casing A.

Figure 1' is a perspective view of the im- A 1ock-lever23is pivoted on the same side proved device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the casing to which the coin-chute is at- 5 taken substantially on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3. tached below the said coin-chute, the pivot- Fig. 3 is avertical section taken through the point 23 of said lock-lever being at or near coin-chute and the locking device forthe key," its center. At one end of the lock-lever in its the section being taken substantially on the upper-face a concavity 24 is made, and at the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a detail view side of the concavity that faces the casing a 0 of the slide operating the coin and the parts vertical wall 25 is provided,- while at the opbetween which it operates. i posite or inner end of the lock-lever 23 ahead A box A is adapted for attachment toany 26 is produced, adapted when the lock-lever approved support, and in connection with the is in its normal position to engage with a key box a wheel-holder B is employed, which we 27, belonging to a lock 28 of any suitable or 5 45 prefer to construct as shown in the accompaapproved pattern, the lock-leverin its normal nying drawings, in which the wheel-holder position preventing the key 27 from being consists of a body 10, made from a casting or turned. The bolt 28 of the lock extends out a forging substantially U-shaped in crossthrough that side of the casing at which the section, being provided at its front or open wheel-holder B is attachedQandwhen the bolt mo 50 vertical portion with a hinged gate 11. The is thrown out it will engage with the gate 11 body 10 of the wheel-holder is secured to a and hold said gate closed. Pillars 29 are illustrated as attaching the lock 28 to the casing, and a spring 30 is shown as attached at one end of the casing and coiled around one of the pillars, the free end of the spring having bearing against the under surface of the recessed portion of the lock-lever, holding the lock-lever in horizontal position.

In operation when a key is placed in the look, as shown in positive lines in Figs. 2 and 3, the head of the lock-lever will prevent the key from being turned, and the bolt of the lock will at that time be withdrawn or be mainly within the casing, and as the key cannot be turned when a Yale lock is employed in connection with the device the key cannot be brought to such position at this time as to enable it to be removed. \Vhen, however, a coin-a penny, for example-is dropped into the coin-chute 12, it will fall down upon the recessed portion 24 of the lock-lever, engagin g with the back wall 25 thereof, and be engaged by the foot 16 of the arm 14, which is both a retaining and an ejecting arm. The coin being in the position just described, by pressing downward upon the plunger-slide the coin will be forced downward by reason of the segmental bottom surface 13 of the slide engaging with the upper peripheral portion of the coin. As the coin is pressed downward it places the spring 30 under tension and raises the head 96 out of the path of the key 27, permitting said key to be turned to throw the bolt and lock the gate 11 across the rim of the bicycle-wheel, the rim and tire of which are contained in the body 10 of the wheelholder. The key at this time may be withdrawn. hen it is desired to remove the bicycle from the holder, the key is introduced into the lock and turned to throw the bolt inward, whereupon the lock-lever 23 will be raised at its head 26, and after the key has passed the head, which will be when the bolt is entirely withdrawn, the head of the locklever will so engage with the key, as shown in Fig. 2, as to prevent the key from being turned or withdrawn, as heretofore stated, unless the necessary coin is placed in the coinchute and the plunger-slide properlymanipulated.

This device is exceedingly simple. It is durable and its economic and insures the proprietor of a bicycle-stand being properly remunerated for the storage of the wheels. \Vhen the plunger forces the coin downward, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and raises the head of the lock-lever, permitting the key to be turned, the foot 16 of the arm 14 will drop behind the coin, and the moment that the key is withdrawn from the look after the bolt has been thrown to locking position the spring 30 will restore the lock-lever to its normal position and the coin traveling up the foot-surface of the arm 14, which surface is inclined, will be forced out from the recess 24- and will drop into the bottom portion of the box. I

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A lock for a bicycle-wheel, comprising a socket, a gate therefor, a bolt for engagement with said gate, and a coin-controlled means for locking the key of the lock, substantially as described.

2. A casing, a keeper adapted to receive a vehicle-wheel, a bolt adapted for engagement with the keeper and carried by the casing, and a coin-controlled lock-lever adapted to engage the key and preventits turning or withdrawal, substantially as described.

A casing, a keeper for a vehicle-wheel, provided with a gate, a lock carried by the casing, the bolt of which is adapted for engagement with the gate of the wheel-keeper, a coin-receptacle, a lock-lever preventing the withdrawal of the key from the lock, said lever being adapted to receive the coin from the said receptacle, and a plunger arranged to move the coin in a direction to raise the lock-lever from the key, as and for the purpose set forth.

L. The combination, with a casing, a keeper for a vehicle-wheel, and a gate for the said keeper, of a lock contained in the casing, the bolt whereof is adapted for engagement with the said gate, a lock-lever normally engaging with the key of the lock and preventing its movement, and a plunger operating upon the said lock-lever through the medium of a coin, to raise the lever from the path of the key, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination, with a casing, a keeper adapted to receive the tire and rim of a bicycle-wheel,a gate for the said keeper,and a keyoperated lock located in the casing, the bolt whereof is adapted for engagement with the gate of said keeper, of a coin-chute, a locklever pivoted below the coin-chute, having a recess to receive a coin and a head which is normally in the path of the key of the lock, a weighted arm arranged for engagement with one face of the said coin, and a plunger adapted to act upon a coin when seated upon the lock-lever, as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination,with a casin g, a keeper adapted to receive the rim and tire of a bicycle or other wheel, a gate provided for the keeper,and a key-operated lock located in the casing, the bolt whereof is adapted for engagement with said gate,'of a lock-lever having a portion thereof normally held in the path of the key, preventing its withdrawal and preventing its turning, said lock-lever being provided with a recess adapted to receive the coin, and a vertical wall at one side of the recess, a gravity-arm, the foot portion whereof is arranged for engagement with the coin carried by the lock-lever, engaging said coin at the face opposite that in contact with the said wall,and a plunger arranged to carry the coin in a direction for lifting the lock-1ever out of the path of the key, substantially as shown and described.

7. A lock for bicycle-wheels, a lock-lever for the key, which lever in its normal position prevents the key from being withdrawn or turned, said lever being operated by a coin acting directly upon it for carrying it out of the path of the key, and a plunger operating on the coin, as and for the purpose specified.

8. The combination with a casing, and a lock therein, of a lever arranged in the easing and adapted to engage the key to prevent its movement or withdrawal, said lever being operated by a coin acting directly upon it for carrying it out of the path of the key, substantially as described.

9. The combination with a casing, and a lock therein, of a pivoted and spring-pressed lever adapted to engage the key of the lock and to be engaged by a coin, a coinchute 

